Fingers Crossed

My fingers & toes are crossed that after the Halloween season Caleb won't need therapy when I put his new best friend back into the decor closet.

Watching Dinosaur Train in the morning...

Giving Skeleton a hug...

Taking a nap...

Last Halloween my mom, sisters & I made a cute little craft and this year I got to display them! I still need to paint a couple of the lids black, but I'm out of spray paint at the moment. Here are the cute fellas in the daytime....

...and here they are at night with a tea light in them. The battery powered tea lights didn't put off a bright enough glow but the real flame ones seem to do GREAT! Dracula is my favorite.

Here's is where we got the idea for the jars.... http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/10/crafty-in-kitchen-mason-jar-lanterns.html

Peaches & Pillars

I told myself that I wasn't going to can anything this year. I hate when I lie to myself. I figured I better get some peaches & pears done since I'm going to be spending my life savings on baby food eventually....maybe I could make a dent by having some fruit on hand. I didn't do a lot of peaches...on 17 quarts...because I already have quite a bit from last year. Why 17? Why such a

strange number? I was going to do eighteen but on the last batch - - -

CRAP!

To cheer me up - my dish soap made a butterfly for me while draining. How nice!

We've got these gigantic slug looking caterpillars this year. They are sick. I can pick up a hairy one - but not these big green squishy ones. Caleb was holding one the other day & it twitched & he threw it & screamed like a little girl. It was hilarious. What was even funnier about that - is Casey went & picked it back up to show Caleb that it's okay to hold them....and it twitched again & Casey threw it. HEE HEE - pansies.

Caleb discovered this fella the other day. He wasn't sure how close to get to it.

- getting braver!

I had to be pretty sneaky to get this picture with his eyes open.

If you are wondering - we are still stuck on the "I shut my eyes phase"

Caleb's New Thing

Me - with camera in hand: "Caleb....smile!!! "

Caleb: "I shut my eyes"